Show A 1Iutcd OuUmn Tho great rjntiEtlon whether the use I of forts Is understood In Chicago hair I Ing limn happily nettled In Paris It may bo asked In seriousness whether forks are not too much used lu Chicago and everywhere else Not that anybody vuuu to use tho knife for conveying food to the month but might not the teaspoon as n part of tho dinner equip Intent bo n little more prominent People of breeding train their children chil-dren to rut lions for instance with a fork tabooing tho spoon for no apparent reason other thin Hint III nun would l simplify and facilitate tho operation On the cameprluolplo they ought to cat their poaa 1 with chopsticks as n Chin mnn could 1 easily do So with certain kinds of plo and pastry The relish I is marred 1 by the loss of juices too thin for tho fork to cairy Vet tho man who values his Facial rcputatiou must not ask for u spoon Tho proper use of tho silver fork might bo bettor understood if It wero regarded ns a modified 1 shovel with Jim Itltious Imposed 1 by Its slits For solids it is uu xoelleut shovel For Iliiuidu it Is naturally a failure Tho counts nun who on his first visit to n city hole asked tho water for n spoon v li ro slits in It was no legitimate subject of ridicule Ho was im impartial critic being without tile prejudice of habit or tradition Hotel Mail |